Method of making hand-tools.



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APPLIOATIOK FILED IIEB.'21, 1908.

Patented June 8, 1909.

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TIETTED STATES PATENT oETToE.

GEORGE E. WOOD, OF SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT. METHOD OF MAKINGHAND-TOOLS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 21, 1908.

No. 924,210. Patented June 8, 1909.

Serial No. 417,189.

To all whom it may concern:

however, has been drawn into a stem 9 hav Be it known that I, GEORGE inga head 1 Ointegrallyformed thereon. The

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' tool This handle 11 may consist of any suitable material and beapplied in any desired manner.

new and Improved Method of Making Hand- Tools, of which tion.

My invention relates to the class of small material wound about the stemand suitably hand tools such as screw drivers, chisels and the like, andthe object of my invention is to 1 to any desired degree, provide a toolof this class having numerous i 01" the handle may consist of materialapplied features of advantage and utility. to the stem 9 from oppositesides.

A form of tool and the construction of the In forming the stem 9 ashoulder 12 is prosame in the use of which the object sought vided atthe base of the stem and also undermay be attained is illustrated in theacc0mneath the head 10. These shoulders form panying drawings, inwhichseats for the handle that is secured tightly igure 1 is a side viewof a blank from against said shoulders. From this construcwhich a toolis to be produced. tion it will be seen that a tool is obtained view ofthe blank illustrating one step in the havlng a handle or grip which,however, will methodof production. Fig.3is aview shownot be materiallyaffected by blows struck ing a still further step in the production of 1upon the end of the handle, for the reason theltool. Fig. 4is aside viewof the finished 1 that the head 10 receives the blows which too T Myinvention being especially applicable i shank 7 to the blad to a handtool in the use of which b ows are handle 11 is required to sustainstruck upon the handle as by a mallet, hanof the shock incident to dieor like tool, a chisel as such a tool has the end of the handle.

urpose of illusclaim rtrating my invention. It wi 1 be understood, Amethod of forming a tool that consists in however, that the invention isnot limited to drawing a shank from a piece of stock and such a tool butmay be readily embodied in forming a shoulder thereon, drawing a stemtools adapted for other uses.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 5 denotes a bar of stock,preferably 1 tween said shoulder and head, and then comround incross-section and of any suitable pletely filling the groove by placingan entire metal.

e 6, so that the grip or little, if any, blows struck upon shown in Fig.2, which includes shank 7 and a tan 8. By subsequent manipulation thetoo is brought to the form shown in Fig. 3, in which the blade and shankhave not been disturbed. The tang 8,

blade GEORGE E. WOOD.

Witnesses:

GEORGE B. MESEROLE, AUGUSTINE M. LEwIs.

